LMT vs. HON, BA, TDG, GD, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Lockheed Martin vs.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Honeywell International received 412 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.52% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 59.13% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Honeywell International currently has a consensus price target of $248.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.55%. Lockheed Martin has a consensus price target of $584.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.12%. Given Lockheed Martin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lockheed Martin is more favorable than Honeywell International.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of 9.36%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 101.44% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $13.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lockheed Martin pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Honeywell International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Lockheed Martin has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 4 more articles in the media than Lockheed Martin. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Honeywell International and 62 mentions for Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.97 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than Honeywell International. Lockheed Martin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lockheed Martin beats Honeywell International on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LMT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
